What is CVE-2016-3969?

CVE-2016-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Email Gateway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-3969?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Mcafee Email Gateway

CVE-2016-3969

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mcafee Email_gateway — versions 7.6, 7.6.1, 7.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3969?: CVE-2016-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Email Gateway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-3969?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.